# DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

## PERMANENT SECRETARIES MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS

### 1 OCTOBER - 31 DECEMBER 2010

## MEETINGS WITH EXTERNAL ORGANISATIONS

| Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | \*October 2010 | KPMG | Review of business support functions | | \*October 2010 | Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry | Introductory meeting/catch-up | | November 2010 | Faculty of Public Health | Introductory meeting | | December 2010 | Odgers Berndtson | CMO Appointment |

### NHS Chief Executive, David Nicholson

| Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | October | Hempson’s Solicitors | Mid Staff’s Public Inquiry | | November | Realise Health | Update Discussion | | November | Hempson’s Solicitors | Mid Staff’s Public Inquiry | | November | Royal College of General Practitioners | Update Discussion | | November | King’s Fund | Update Discussion |

### Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dame Sally Davies DBE

| Date of Meeting | Name of Organisation | Purpose of Meeting | |-----------------|----------------------|--------------------| | October 2010 | Prevention Research Centre for Family and Child Health, University of Colorado | Discussion on evidence base research in early childhood | | October 2010 | Chief Executive, General Medical Council | Introductory meeting | | December 2010 | Medical Research Council Prion Unit at University College London | Discussion regarding Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) |

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1 Does not normally include meetings with Government bodies such as other Government Departments and Agencies, non-departmental public bodies, Government reviewers, and representatives of Parliament, devolved or foreign governments.